Dr. Dre Signs Deal With New Line Cinema

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Hip-hop super-producer Dr. Dre has signed a multi-year production deal with New Line Cinema for his newly formed Crucial Films company. Daily Variety reports that Dr. Dre and his partner, Phillip Atwell, will focus on developing dark comedies. Dr. Dre will also play a major role on the musical side of the projects.

Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, said, "This is a natural switch for me, since I've directed a lot of music videos. And I eventually want to get into directing."

New Line producer Toby Emmerich added, "Everything Dre has worked on becomes a hit, and one of the reasons for that is he never put his name on anything he doesn't really believe in."

Dr. Dre has appeared in several movies including: Set It Off, Training Day, and The Wash. The producer has also composed music for The Wash, A Man Apart, Bad Boys II, Natural Born Killers, and Set It Off.

Dr. Dre is also working on a new album, titled DeTox.